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Shashi Bhat

Shashi Bhat has written three books of fiction, most recently the story collection Death by a Thousand Cuts. Her novel-in-stories, The Most Precious Substance on Earth, was a finalist for the 2022 Governor General's Award for fiction. She is the editor of EVENT and teaches creative writing at Douglas College.

Featured in Making Sense of the World Through Short Fiction

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Death by a Thousand Cuts

By Shashi Bhat

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